A father drowned after rescuing his son, daughter, and four other kids from fast-moving waters in a creek in California.

The man was identified as 35-year-old Saul Garcia.

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Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office's spokesman Sgt. Rich Glennon said several kids were playing in Coyote Creek in Morgan Hill on Sunday when they got in trouble.

The kids were playing in a shallow area near the shore, but the bottom of the creek makes a sudden drop, Glennon said.

Garcia and one other adult jumped into the water to save the kids from drowning. Garcia did not make it out.

His family wrote on a GoFundMe page, "We lost one of our love ones Saul Garcia. In the attempt to save his son and daughter lives, along with 4 other children that were drowning in a Morgan hill creek, he showed no fear going into the water, and saving all six of the children lives before the water drowned him."